Dvir Alkobi

AI unicorn Gong to add 100 jobs following revenue surge. The Israeli company has hit a $300M run rate and is growing its global presence with new offices, in addition to significantly increasing its local workforce. https://lnkd.in/eJ6GM93M

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MetalBear, an Israeli startup that created the open-source Kubernetes tool mirrord, has raised $12.5 million in Seed funding. The company aims to solve a major challenge in software development: testing code in realistic cloud environments. The funding round was led by TLV Partners and included investments from TQ Ventures, MTF, Netz Capital, and angel investors such as Sentry co-founder David Cramer and OpenTelemetry co-creator Ben Sigelman. Eyal Bukchin | Aviram Hassan 🔗 Read full article link in comment #metalbear #tlvpartners #startupnews #funding #israel #businessupdate

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Another milestone for Israeli cybersecurity and YL Ventures: Aim Security, led by founders Matan G. and Adir Gruss, has been acquired by Cato Networks! From their $10M seed round in 2023 through their $18M Series A, we had the privilege of working closely with the team as they built one of the fastest growing cybersecurity companies in Israel, and the category leader of AI Security. From day zero, Aim set out with a bold vision: to give enterprises a way to adopt AI securely and responsibly. In two years, Matan, Adir, and their exceptional team turned that vision into a reality, building a company trusted by some of the world’s largest organizations. This achievement demonstrates the power of brilliant founders, strong teams, and conviction from inception. For YL Ventures’ $400M Fund V, this is a significant outcome and another marker of Israel’s unique ability to produce companies that matter on a global stage. https://lnkd.in/erHnKmfN

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I was asked by an Israeli university how should they change their CS faculty teaching given the progress in AI. I thought this might be helpful to others so reposting it here. since the topic is near & dear to my heart, a couple of notes: 1. it's good you are thinking about it. i don't think software engineering will look anything like it does today as early as 2 years from now. I suspect you are seeing reduced registrations for bachelor degrees. other universities do. i'm mostly referring to such in this message, but I don't think changes in research are that far off. 2. we are seeing almost no demand for junior software engineer positions in our portfolio of 60+ companies. we are starting to see the shift from LLM based co-pilots to Devin and similar companies offering engineer replacements. these moves from useless a year ago, to junior 6 months ago, and more recently starting to be useful for intermediate engineering tasks. 3. obviously there is ways to go for senior engineering and even more so for research roles BUT the progress is fast, and it's a positive 2nd derivative. it's accelerating. 4. the key requirement today for someone operating these tools is engineering intuition. knowing what works and what doesn't, and how to guide & direct the agents. it's an interesting combination of product management and engineering.  5. so my 1st piece of advice is you have a real opportunity to become a school for schools. much of the software development activities will move higher up the stack to the business functions. empowering these schools with engineering-oriented curriculum. i assume it sounds blasphemous but it can increase your reach rather than risk your relevance. 6. my 2nd suggestion is find a way to change the academic incentive system to support multidisciplinary work. this is a message I sent a year ago internally within the fund: I spoke to XXX of YYY. he is a professor of EE, and I got some insights about the Israeli academic system which are concerning. when I asked he thinks there is little collaboration between computer science departments whose grads are writing AI algorithms and electrical engineering creating CPUs, especially for non-transformers architectures, his feedback was "incentives". this might be a global academic issue, but as we care about Israel…  tenure is voted by your peers in your field. this has two effects: 1.  leading and impactful CS researchers that would have great value to CS tenure track won't be of benefit to EE tenure track, 2. worse, in-Israel collaborations are considered second class, which makes #1 even more harmful. I hope this isn't too blunt and will be at least somewhat useful. 

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“𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗱. 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲.” - Ori Silberberg, VP of Engineering, Buildots Too often, project setbacks aren’t caused by big surprises - they stem from invisible inefficiencies that stay hidden until it’s too late. On the Machine Learning Podcast, hosted by Tobias Macey, Buildots’ VP of Product & Engineering, Ori, joined the conversation to explore how AI and computer vision are helping construction teams track progress, identify root causes of delay, and forecast risks across projects without adding tasks for site crews. Already used across 1.4 billion sq ft of projects, from airports to data centers, Ori explains how Buildots AI helps teams reduce waste and take back control. 🎧 Catch the full conversation here: https://lnkd.in/eAmQpvvN #Construction #ConstructionAI #Constructiontech

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